Folding coop.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.`

G. E. JACKSON. FOLDING COOP. I

APPLICATION 1111.110 111111.23, 1007.

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No. 883,405. PATBNTED MAR. `81, 1988;

G. E. JACKSON.

FoLDING cooP.

APPLIOATIOX FILED IAR. 23, 1907.

THE NoRms PETERS co. WASHINGTON, n. c.

GEORGE E. JACKSON, OF NEWARK, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Application filed March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Coops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a simple, durable and efficient construction of coop or shipping crate for poultry, which will combine the characteristics of lightness and strength and which may be readily folded down to occupy a minimum amount of space, so that after a shipment has been made, the coop may be sent back to the shipper at a low freight rate.

The invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of parts which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

` For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of one form or embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof in partly folded condition 3 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view in the set-up condition, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of coop; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view with parts folded Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one corner of the coop and, Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe end braces.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The bottom l of my improved coop may be constructed of galvanized or other sheet iron or like metal reinforced by intersecting steel straps 1a and edge straps 2, the latter being preferably angular in cross section, as shown.

3 designates a series of comparatively short vertically extending straps spaced fromeaeh other and secured by rivets or the like at their lower ends to the vertical members of the angle ironstrips 2 and also secured at their upper ends to the horizontally extending straps 4. To the straps 3, the two sides 5 are hinged to fold inwardly upon the bottom and said sides are preferably composed of wire frames including marginal binding rods. The two ends 6 of the coop are hinged to the end edges of the bottom in a lower plane than the sides, so that the latter may be folded down upon the former.

7 designates the top, which, like the sides and ends, may consist of a wire frame suitably reinforced at its margins and provided with any form of closure 8 which may be opened so as to provide means for placing the poultry within the coop.

To the corner post of each end 6 a slide arm 9 is rigidly secured, and to the base of each arm there is pivotally connected a diagonal brace rod 10 which is adapted for detachable engagement with a stud 11 secured to the side edges of the bottom 1, so that the ends may be held securely in a vertical position. Each of these slide arms 9 is provided with an angularly disposed extremity QtL slidingly engaging the side rod 7 a of the top 7, said arms being thereby arranged to hold the top in an elevated position, and permitting the top to drop down upon the ends after the braces 10 of the latter have been unfastened and the said ends have been folded down upon the bottom. I also provide diagonal cross braces 12 secured at one end to one of the reinforcing straps 5a of one side and ada ted for detachable engagement with a stu or the like at the opposite side of the coop.

13 designates spring latches that are secured to the corner posts of the ends and are ada ted to spring back of the sides 5 when the atter are swung to a vertical position, so as to lock the said sides to the ends.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying. drawing, the manner in which the coop is rigidly held in condition to lreceive its contents is at once apparent. Whenever it is desired to fold the coop, the end brace rods l0 are disengaged from their studs 11 and the ends are swung inwardly down upon the bottom, the same operation resulting in carrying the top 7 down upon the folded ends through the instrumentality of the sliding engagement between thel arms 9 andthe side sills or rods 7a of the top. The sides 5 are then folded down upon the top and are engaged by means of spring latches 14 projecting upwardly from the bottom at the ends of the latter, as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, I desire it to be tion with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that .l have provided a very simple construction of coop in which the parts are at all times securely connected together, and

vwhich may be lolded into a comparatively small space and that my improved coop will be rigid when set-up, and durable and capable of withstanding the hard usage to which devices of this character are put, whether in a set-up or folded condition.

It is to be particularly noted that the brace rods 10 lie within the sides 5, so that the latter will hold the brace rods on their studs, when the coop is in its set-up condition.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isi 1. A coop, comprising a bottom, hinged sides and ends, a top, arms slidingly connect.- ing the ends and top, and brace rods adapted to hold said ends 1n vertical position, said brace rods being carried by sald arms.

2, A coop, comprising a bottom, hinged sides and ends, arms connected to the ends at the corners thereof and provided with angularly disposed extremities having a sliding connection with the top, brace rods carried by said arms and arranged Jfor detachable engagement with the bottom.

3. A coop, comprising a bottom, sides and ends hinged to the bottom and adapted to iold inwardly thereon, arms connected to the ends, a top with which said arms have a sliding engagement, and brace rods carried by said arms, the bottom being formed at its side edges with studs on the outside of the coop and over which the ends of said brace rods are adapted to be placed, said sides eX- tending upwardly on the outer sides of said rods whereby to hold them on said studs.

4. A coop, consisting ol a bottom, sides and ends hinged to the bottom and ada ted to fold down upon the same, spring atches adapted to lock the sides and ends together in vertical position, arms secured to the corners of the ends, a top with which said arms have a sliding connection, the top being adapted to lower upon the ends when the latter are folded inwardly, and brace rods connecting vthe corners of' the ends with the bottom and adapted to hold said ends in vertical position. In testimony whereof l aHiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE E. JACKSON.

l/Vitnesses:

G. A. MILLER, ERNEST S. GooDnLL. 

